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Sun June 21, 2009

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		Iranian Police Chief to Mousavi: "Those are nice protesters you've got there... wouldn't you agree it'd be a shame if anything happened to them?" (Iran Discussion XXXVIII) (reuters.com)	(1587)
		Is now an embarrassing time to point out all the money we spent to destabilize Iran? Oh sorry...nothing to see here, move along (washingtonpost.com)	(275)
(Swampette)		Despite her massive fail on Bill Maher's show, Meghan McCain will continue to be a Republican talking head, because she's got two things Republicans love: a famous dad, and a vagina (swampette.com)	(154)
(Some Amusing Customer Reviews)		Glenn Beck claims his newest book is influenced by Thomas Paine, the same Thomas Paine who supported minimum wage, what we now call Social Security benefits, and was once referred to by Teddy Roosevelt as a 'filthy little atheist.' (amazon.com)	(135)
		GOP calls Obama a spineless, timid fool because he refuses to intervene in a foreign country's intermal affairs and ram American values down thier throats (washingtonpost.com)	(303)
		In the age of information, one Iranian woman has become the symbol of revolution, and of the victims of tyranny everywhere. Her name was Neda (Iran Discussion XXXVII) (blogs.usatoday.com)	(∞)
(Transterrestrial)		Why is the Obama administration performing gun-drawn searches of ordinary private planes before takeoff without a warrant? "There is no requirement that we justify ourselves or explain our reasons" (transterrestrial.com)	(166)
(Some Guy)		Obama's pick for state department post failed to file her 2005 & 2006 tax returns. Her excuse: it's the post office's fault (taxprof.typepad.com)	(41)
		Far Left Loonie goes after Charles Krauthammer for attacking Obama (thinkprogress.org)	(141)
		Republicans prove once again they choose special interests over the wil of the people (dailykos.com)	(79)
		Healthcare for everyone. Some conditions apply...fines, mandates, limitations, taxes, exemptions for Congress. Wait...what? (online.wsj.com)	(152)
		♫ You say you want a revolution/ well you know/ we all want to change the world ♫ (Iran Thread XXXVI) (boston.com)	(1931)
(Tacoma News Tribune)		Oregon lawmakers refuse to increase beer and cigarette taxes saying "they don't want to increase the tax burden on working class people in these tough economic times." Bonus, they are Democrats (thenewstribune.com)	(64)
		Clinton expected to make a full recovery after breaking her elbow in a fall, although she found the whole ordeal rather humerus (news.yahoo.com)	(22)
(PRESSTV)		When state propaganda goes bad: Mahmoud Amapuppet thanks the Supreme Leader for his support of a sham election. (Welcome to Iran Thread XXXV) (presstv.ir)	(1037)
		Fear not, New York - the state's future is in the capable, competent and honest hands of Al Sharpton (cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com)	(31)
		Pro tip: Don't go on national TV and plead ignorance about history. You'll get told. Thank you, Meghan McCain for being exhibit A (huffingtonpost.com)	(194)
		♫ I can't believe the news today / I can't close my eyes and make it go away / How long must we sing this song? / Sunday bloody Sunday♫ (Iran Thread XXXIV) (fark.com)	(1619)
		GOP picks free-trade fight with Canada because Canada wants to ban flavorings in cigarettes, some of which are made in America. None of what you have just read is made up (thehill.com)	(56)

Sat June 20, 2009

	Her name was Neda; she is the voice of the people, a call to freedom. Iran Discussion XXXIII (latimesblogs.latimes.com)	(π)
	When GOP was in power, "bipartisanship" was a convenient club with which to whack them. When Democrats are in power, bipartisanship is useless and even pernicious (pajamasmedia.com)	(136)
	Congress passes yet another bailout for people who made bad decisions at the expense of people who made better choices (washingtonpost.com)	(116)
	"I believe you are the offspring of Adolf Hitler and Ms Satan. You dont deserve to live in this country and spout your evil diatribe." Daily Kos hatemail of the week (dailykos.com)	(57)
	Restoring science-based policy by pushing analysis relying on secondary, non-peer reviewed source citing old non-peer reviewed source to support position a lot of more recent peer-reviewed sources you didn't cite say the exact opposite about (tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com)	(30)
	"Republican" is the new "Mullah" (huffingtonpost.com)	(138)
	Iran XXXI - The struggle continues (reuters.com)	(1625)
	Iran Thread XXX : Mousavi says open wide, The Revolution is coming (reuters.com)	(lots)
	Obama keeps them laughing at the Radio and Television Correspondents dinner. "Why hang out with celebrities when I can spend time with the people who made me one," he said. "I know where my bread is buttered." (upi.com)	(46)
(Some Guy)	A reality television show that picked a presidential candidate would probably be both successful and good for the country (swampette.com)	(47)
	Unknown bureaucrats have placed thousands of people on terrorist watch list for dubious reasons. Nevertheless, New York Times, Sen. Lautenberg, are shocked to discover that they're still allowed to exercise Constitutional right (pajamasmedia.com)	(31)
	Obama's approval rating is the lowest it's ever been - but it's still high enough he could probably eat a puppy on live TV and still be OK (gallup.com)	(71)
	"Democrat" is the new "Republican" (dailykos.com)	(128)
(Some Guy)	Pittsburgh mayor tells nonprofits to increase voluntary contributions or he'll create laws to make them pay more (post-gazette.com)	(24)
	Irani goverment news reports bombing at ayatollah shrine. Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald arrested before it happened (Iran Thread XXIX is breaking out the tinfoil hats) (cbsnews.com)	(1457)
(Some Guy)	Rachel Maddow talks to Charlie Rose about coming out of the closet. She also says something or other about some situation in Iran, but we can get to that later (afterellen.com)	(58)
(Some Guy)	Obama has gone against conventional wisdom by showing interest in both foreign and domestic policy (nymag.com)	(43)
	Having solved all of the world's problems, the White House press corpse turn to the most important question of the week: Obama promised to choose a church by January, why has he broken that promise and who is saving his soul? (wonkette.com)	(44)
	Like a virus, rage against the establishment still courses through Iran XXVIII Threads later (google.com)	(1597)
	Congressional Republicans are using pretzel logic when it comes to Iran and choking on it (thenation.com)	(126)
	Massachusetts politicians approve tax on beer. And television. And everything they can imagine taxing. Did I mention the beer? (boston.com)	(57)
	Obama won't release Cheney records because he doesn't want his own exposed to late night comics after he leaves office (huffingtonpost.com)	(33)
	By dropping out of her women's club, she has put the Tom in Sotomayor (cnn.com)	(126)
(Iranian.com)	I Basij Thee, O my Fark, by all the glory of Drew's Name, to illuminate our beings with Iran Thread Part XXVII (iranian.com)	(1593)

Fri June 19, 2009

	Senator James Inhofe (R-eally closed minded) turns down meeting with Judge Sotomayor because his "no" vote is a "foregone conclusion" (newsok.com)	(132)
	The previously faceless enforcers of the Iranian regime are now being hunted down by the population. Revolutionary payback is always a biatch (Iran discussion, part XXVI) (theaustralian.news.com.au)	(1531)
	Remember that big scary controversial torture report that was due to be released today? yeah...about that (washingtonpost.com)	(79)
	Hillary Clinton has successful surgery on her fractured elbow. Doctors say operation was simple given her complete lack of a funny bone (news.yahoo.com)	(38)
	Insane congressional staffer who went nuts by email after being called 'Liz' has a long history of going nuts in congressional emails. Go Liz Go (wonkette.com)	(182)
	The Supreme Leader threatens a harsher crackdown, and the Revolution enters its quarter-life crisis (Iran Discussion XXV - post-sermons analysis edition) (google.com)	(lots)
	Looks like the Senate has killed "the public option" in health care reform. Your insurance industry checks are in the mail, guys (washingtonpost.com)	(408)
	White House stands by Obama's claim that single-payer health care works in other countries--It's just not sure which countries Obama meant (cnsnews.com)	(414)
	Judge on Obama's decision to keep Cheney's Valerie Plame statements secret: STFU and GBTW (washingtonpost.com)	(111)
	British protest Iran's "Evil UK" claim as the Sea of Green (and Fark discussion) continues (Iran Discussion, part XXIV) (news.bbc.co.uk)	(¼)
	Obama administration plans to remove national database requirement from national ID plan, confuse conspiracy theorists (arstechnica.com)	(83)
(Political Wire)	The husband of Sen. John Ensign's mistress writes explosive letter to Fox News trying to get them to run story (politicalwire.com)	(141)
	The fear is gone. Very powerful collection of reports from inside Iran, written by Iranians (online.wsj.com)	(727)
	Never have so many men waited for so long for a speech that said so little (Iran Discussion, part XXIII) (cnn.com)	(lots)
(Some Guy)	Senator Crapo poo-poo's clean water movement (khq.com)	(17)
	Health insurers tell Congress that it's "OK" to cancel coverage on the sick. Just further proof that Congress doesn't care about the little man... especially if he's got a nasty cough (newsday.com)	(182)
	Not news: Republicans being whiny obstructionists. News: by forcing 53 roll call votes in the House today. Fark: on one bill (salon.com)	(98)
	By day, it's shawls and modestly dressed obedient girls, but by night it's underground raves, alcohol and cannabis; meet the women who are now overthrowing a regime while looking fabulous (Iranian Revolution; Part XXII) (telegraph.co.uk)	(∞)
	Even the New York times is calling for an end to the FISA amendment that approved warrantless wiretapping... does this mean that Ann-Margret's not coming? (eff.org)	(95)

Thu June 18, 2009

	Canada to Ahmadinnerjacket: ""We will continue to promote democracy. We will continue to challenge Iran on human rights." (google.com)	(161)
	The Supreme Leader, once a revolutionary student himself, is about to be removed from his position by revolutionary students (Unlike those protesting, this thread can drink; discussion part XXI) (csmonitor.com)	(lots)
	One good thing about the Obama presidency: once he fails, it'll be so spectacular that it'll cause the US to splinter into smaller states. You know, like the Founding Fathers intended (americanthinker.com)	(225)
	Clarification: Congressman Pete Hoekstra (R-Teheran) did NOT compare GOP to Iranian democracy protesters. But they ARE similar (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(61)
	Defense department orders forces to Hawaii in advance of possible enemy attack. No, this is not a repeat from 1941 (bloomberg.com)	(52)
	Fox News whines about ABC/White House coverage, conveniently forgetting that Fox did the same thing with George Bush...not to mention Fox televised a McCain Town Hall last June -- in which McCain handpicked the audience (dailykos.com)	(99)
	Former state department employee and Iranian hostage to GOP: Stay out of Iranian politics (amfix.blogs.cnn.com)	(52)
	Washington Post fires its only liberal pundit, Dan Froomkin (wonkette.com)	(44)
	Senate OKs resolution apologizing for American slavery. Well, that just makes it all better now doesn't it (cnn.com)	(242)
(WashingtonTV)	Iran: "We foiled terrorist plots on the day of the election by foreign agents who wanted to rig the election. We'll show you the evidence as soon as we're done photoshopping". (Iranian Revolution, Discussion XX) (televisionwashington.com)	(1696)
(Some Guy)	Mike Pence(IN) presents house resolution to give Ahmadinejad the bogeyman he needs to stay in power (washingtonindependent.com)	(119)
	Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-umbass) to Brigadier General: "Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am?' It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I'd appreciate it." (politicsdaily.com)	(415)
(Some Guy)	It isn't just Walpin; Obama administration has also fired two other IGs investigating "sensitive" subjects, including the one tasked with watching over stimulus spending (riehlworldview.com)	(102)
	GOP Rep. Joe Barton: "I don't want to be the first Republican manager in eight years to get a loss..." Relax Joe, you won't be the first (trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com)	(26)
	Australian senate removes screaming baby from Parliament chambers. One down, seventy-six to go (news.com.au)	(39)
	Will the Supreme Court choose incorporation of the Second Amendment right to own a gun?: "Now what's odd is that the Second Amendment doesn't apply to the states" (reason.com)	(609)
	Senator Dodd, currently under ethical cloud for sweatheart deals with businessmen, institutions regulated by his Committee, says, "There's not a lot of confidence in the Fed at this point." (online.wsj.com)	(68)
(Some Guy)	The Iranian Government has banned all communication to the outside world to hide their crushing of rebel protesters. Simply giving exclusivity for reporting news to CNN would have been much easier. (Iran Revolution Discussion part XIX) (thisislondon.co.uk)	(1768)
	If you work for the opposition spokeswoman for women, grabbing boobs at the Midwinter Ball at Parliament House is probably not a good idea. Alcohol said to be a factor (livenews.com.au)	(24)
	One of the few American reporters to be in Iran right before the beginning of the uprising is Jason Jones of The Daily Show. No, I'm serious (thedailyshow.com)	(130)
	Why doesn't Iran just shut off the internet? Well, that could be easier said then done (npr.org)	(111)
	Indicted politician tells federal judge he can't be convicted because corruption is legal in Massachusetts (bostonherald.com)	(27)
	Texas Rep. John Culberson wants us all to know that just like the poor, the uneducated and the homeless, House Republicans are now an 'oppressed minority' (wonkette.com)	(68)
	Hillary Clinton will be more left-wing than usual for a while (reuters.com)	(48)
	Just a reminder: when a comedian says something horrible and offensive in a joke, it's a horrible injustice; when a right-wing talk show host says something worse as political commentary, it's business as usual (mediamatters.org)	(490)
	Man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 16 years because of opinion joined by Judge Sotomayor before DNA exonerated him questions her "empathy" (politico.com)	(143)
	King of Hearts beats six of hearts to determine election. Either way, some joker became a councilman (southflorida.sun-sentinel.com)	(10)
(Some Guy)	House GOP Health Care Plan: We don't know how much it costs, or how we'll pay for it, or whether it will actually cover anyone, but OMFG TELEPROMPTER LATINA TEABAG BORK BORK BORK (rollcall.com)	(135)
	Iranian protesters aren't scared of the government because, hey, the internet has their back (Iran Thread XVIII, this one has no curfew) (edition.cnn.com)	(π)

Wed June 17, 2009

	Inspector General learns what doing your job leads to if it involves making Obama supporters look bad: Firing by the president and personal attacks questioning your rationality (foxnews.com)	(139)
	Michelle Bachman (R - MiNdless) willing to break the law to fight Obama's despotic regime and its unholy invasion of American's privacy (washingtontimes.com)	(161)
	Americans trust pharma and insurance companies more than Republican congressmen when it comes to formulating healthcare policy (wonkette.com)	(59)
	The Pentagon doesn't want more F-22's, nor does the White House want to budget for them. Naturally, this means the House votes to keep the program going (online.wsj.com)	(112)
	The votes are in; more than 100% of them (guardian.co.uk)	(147)
	Letterman to Palin and the right wing media: Thanks for the ratings (mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com)	(180)
(Some Guy)	Pete Hoekstra (R-MI): "Iranian twitter activity similar to what we did in House last year when Republicans were shut down in the House." (pandagon.net)	(77)
	Profile: The kid at the State Department who figured out the Iranians should be allowed to keep tweeting (mediabistro.com)	(29)
	Obama needs to listen to his wife. And so do you (google.com)	(235)
	Animal-rights protestors kvetch about NYC airport-goose eradication plan, complete with imbecilic slogans (cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com)	(94)
	Moderate congressional Republicans and Democrats meeting in secret to talk health care reform. Secret? Just find a road and look in the middle of it; that's where they are (thehill.com)	(93)
	Bill "Cold Cash" Jefferson blames The Man for all those marked bills stashed his freezer in Pillsbury pie crust boxes (washingtontimes.com)	(49)
	Obama channels Mr. Miyagi during an interview. Sweep the wings, Barack (cnbc.com)	(191)
	Picture, if you will, an America apparently like our own...it is summer 2009, and John McCain is president (salon.com)	(170)
	ABC must stand for "All Barack Channel" (drudgereport.com)	(393)
	Glenn Beck just can't understand why the NYT would accuse him of encouraging states to secede. You know, besides the whole thing where he was encouraging states to secede (crooksandliars.com)	(185)
	"140 Characters is a novel when you're being shot at." Iran XIII, after hours (fark.com)	(1546)

Tue June 16, 2009

	Obama to sign executive order granting domestic benefits to same-sex couples in the government, in defiance of the Defense of Marriage Act (blogs.abcnews.com)	(742)
	CSM crunches the numbers in Iran's election, is left with a bad taste in its mouth (Iran Discussion XII) (csmonitor.com)	(lots)
	Republican Senator admits to extramarital affair WITH A WOMAN (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(112)
	More trouble in Detroit politics...."If you're not praying for me, then you're just adding to the problem." (freep.com)	(28)
	Kennedy, having served his purpose by proposing trillion dollar boondoggle that will make almost any White House proposal seem "moderate" by comparison, takes his turn under the Obama Bus (hotair.com)	(66)
	Newsweek correspondent Ric Romero says the GOP's reliance on Newt could be a bad sign (newsweek.com)	(28)
(videogum)	Having learned nothing from "The Half-Hour News Hour" conservative website Newsbusters creates their own version of "The Daily Show" (videogum.com)	(98)
	Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor defends her membership in the She-Woman Man Haters Club (msnbc.msn.com)	(85)
	Sitting U.S. President acknowledges history, reality (thinkprogress.org)	(146)
	Obama wants financial protection for consumers. Reasons why Big Bank should be allowed to continue pounding my @ss with no lube to the right (reuters.com)	(66)
	Dead porn star giving head under a secretary. Correction - man with dead porn star's name now head UN under-secretary (reuters.com)	(29)
	Sovereign Texans come a-ridin' into town, a-whompin' and a-whoopin', to beg for transit funding (dallasnews.com)	(42)
	When the tough get pwned, the tough edit the video and argue without the guest present (crooksandliars.com)	(79)
	Iran election/revolt thread, Part X (wbbm780.com)	(lots)
	Obama's Health Care plan will cost 1 trillion dollars and only insure a third of those not on insurance. Oh yeah, if you have two good jobs in your family, you probably can't use it at all (money.cnn.com)	(460)
	Obama was so serious about "no pork" in the stimulus bill he blocked his own $1 billion pet energy project. Guess what? The Department of Energy is funding it anyway (politico.com)	(44)
(Some Guy)	Grand Ayatollah Husayn Ali Montazeri tells the Iranian army and police that "I was just following orders" will not cut it with Allah. Iran election/revolt thread, Part IX (occident.blogspot.com)	(1449)
	Supreme Court refuses to stop US-Mexico fence construction, probably because they don't have any Latinas sitting on the court to make a better decision (news.yahoo.com)	(108)
(Political Wire)	White House seeks to block access to visitors lists... sound familiar? (politicalwire.com)	(139)
	Israel's delay in further development of the West Bank is due to a) Palestinian influence on Netanyahu b) The Obama admin's request to stop settlement expansion c) They don't have any cell phones (reuters.com)	(13)
	Russia, China congratulate Ahmadinejad on election. In other news, World War III is about one more N. Korea launch away (reuters.com)	(68)
	Gay groups tell Obama that he caused them pain, didn't respond when they used the safeword (blogs.abcnews.com)	(276)
	"It's not unpatriotic when WE do it:" GOP to vote against funding the troops (thehill.com)	(156)
(Some Guy)	Iran election/revolt discussion thread, Part VII. For our Farsi-reading members, that's: بحث شورش ایران (aljazeera.com)	(lots)
	This is the real change Obama promised us (youtube.com)	(352)
	BBC: Iran "to hold election recount" (news.bbc.co.uk)	(780)
(Philip Wiess)	While the MSM hails Netanyahu's speech, calling for a limited Palestinian state 'groundbreaking,' they forgot that he wrote the same damn thing six years ago (philipweiss.org)	(72)
	"Crowds, Calm, and then Gunshots" A report from inside Iran (discussion continued - Part VI) (online.wsj.com)	(lots)
	Four years from now, Mitt Romney will be president of the United States (corner.nationalreview.com)	(222)

Mon June 15, 2009

	Obama touts his health care reforms to the AMA, envisioning a system where patients ride unicorns to their free check-ups and taxpayers glow with fiscal health (cnn.com)	(117)
	♫ Don't you know ♫ They're talkin bout a Revolution ♫ (Iran election/Revolt Thread Part V) (thread closed) (cnn.com)	(lots)
	Fair and Balanced FoxNation asks "Fox Nation asks "if Obama's 'Apology Foreign Policy' is failing", "Do democrats cause cancer?" (mediamatters.org)	(179)
(WNYC News Blog)	Proving that the New York State Senate is still dysfunctional, Monseratte rejoins the Democrats but says he still supports Espada as President Pro Tempore. All parties still deserve a timeout (blogs.wnyc.org)	(20)
	♫♫ By order of the prophet ♫ We ban that boogie sound ♫ Degenerate the faithful ♫ With that crazy casbah sound ♫♫ (Iran election/revolt thread, Part IV) (cnn.com)	(lots)
(TSP)	There's WHARRGARBL, and then there's this: "Barney Frank and Chris Dodd will be designing the cars you are expected to drive" (thestarpress.com)	(108)
	Neocons using Iran election to push for war (tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(163)
	Conservatives are the single largest ideological group in the country. A powerful force except for the lack of a political party to represent them (gallup.com)	(262)
	Having fixed the economy, brought our troops home, and restored peace in the world, Republicans set out on their new crusade to make English the official language of the US. Because the 8,743rd time's a charm (msnbc.msn.com)	(404)
	Principled Republican investigators continue their vetting of Sotomayor; request "letter" with "words and stuff" that "'splain things" and "give us a good reason to hate you" (abcnews.go.com)	(154)
(Legal Times)	2003: Corrupt majority party appoints inexperienced Oklahoma lawyer to run FEMA. 2009: Corrupt majority party appoints inexperienced Chicago lawyer to run USDOJ tax division (legaltimes.typepad.com)	(67)
	Town undertakes project designed to citizens' lives. All that's involved is hard labor, abandoning cars, socializing with asshat neighbors, and listening to a slew of motivational speakers. It's like a slice of heaven (usatoday.com)	(47)
	Gordon Brown takes important first step in throwing Tony Blair under the bus (news.bbc.co.uk)	(31)
	What's happening in Iran right now may be mirroring what would have happened in the US if Obama had lost (cnn.com)	(295)
	Democratic proposal to have a public health care plan compete with private insurers has a predictable result: "An ostensibly competing public plan would make a single-payer system inevitable" (online.wsj.com)	(456)
	Detroit pension managers spend over $380,000 on travel including $105,000 by one manager for trips to Hong Kong and Dubai. Ronald Garcia..."We have a fiduciary responsibility to stay educated" (freep.com)	(40)
(Some Guy)	Is the Secretary of State lugging around a Palin-size grudge about having to play a subservient role to the man who humbled her at the polls? Doesn't Clinton have a better reason to resent Obama than Palin has to bang on about Letterman? (thedailybeast.com)	(131)
	BBC correspondent on the ground in Tehran says the current situation in Iran is 'explosive', and may be headed for a very bloody national crackdown (news.bbc.co.uk)	(3114)